Demand Planning Manager

Energy Vault; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A social impact company is seeking a Demand Planning Manager in London to lead a team focusing on accurate sales forecasts and process improvements. The ideal candidate will have relevant demand planning experience, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to drive strategic decision-making. Join us to make a tangible impact against food waste while working in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Opportunity to impact social issues

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive company culture

Values-driven team

Celebration of successes

Qualifications

• Previous and relevant demand planning experience.
• Experience managing a functional team.
• Fully proficient in English.
• Located in London or Amsterdam.
• Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis.
• Experience with consumer insight analysis and forecasting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team focusing on performance and development.
• Oversee demand planning and create accurate sales forecasts.
• Take accountability for forecast accuracy and drive improvements.
• Present reports on sales and inventory to senior leadership.
• Ensure communication of the demand plan to stakeholders.
• Monitor KPIs and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Demand planning experience

Team management skills

Proficiency in financial modeling

Consumer insight analysis

Excellent Excel skills

Strong analytical skills

Effective communication

Tools

Excel

G-sheets

Python

Tableau

Job description

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious mission: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together.

More than 1/3 of all food produced in the world is wasted. And that has a huge impact on the health of our planet. 10% of greenhouse gas emissions come from food waste and loss.

Through our marketplace app, we connect businesses that have unsold, surplus food, with consumers who can buy and enjoy it at ⅓ of retail value. We are a certified B Corporation with a mission to empower everyone to take action against food waste. Alongside our marketplace app, we create educational tools, explore new business solutions, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste.

We’re growing fast: Our community of 120+ million registered users and 247,000+ active partners across 19 countries, have together already saved 453+ million meals from going to waste - avoiding almost 1.224.000tonnes of CO2e!

Too Good To Go was named in FastCompany’s March 2022 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, and was honoured to be included in TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022.

We are adding a Demand Planning Manager to our team. Reporting into our Head of Planning, you will lead a small team and you will hold day to day responsibility for a specific set of countries.

Your Mission:

If you love food but hate food waste and want to work for a business that places its food-saving mission and customer experience at the core of each and every decision then look no further!

Our “TGTG Parcel” (Manufacturing) business is a transformative solution that enables food manufacturers to effectively reduce food waste while extracting value from surplus food. Through direct purchasing from food manufacturers, Too Good To Go carefully curates and assembles the purchased products into “TGTG Parcels”, which are then offered to our users at a discount of ~50% off of original retail (including shipping costs). Sold through our existing B2C marketplace, customers can opt to have their parcel conveniently delivered to their doorstep or pick it up from a nearby location, creating a surprise element as customers unbox their TGTG Parcel. Instead of allowing these products to go to waste, manufacturers significantly decrease their environmental impact, optimise their revenue by maximising the value of saved food, and enhance product visibility in the market.

We are building a global team of best-in-class, ambitious, motivated, and collaborative people who all share a desire to change the world as well as have an inherent love of food!

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a small team focusing on their performance, engagement, learning & development
• Oversee the demand planning team in the creation of accurate sales forecasts. Own the development, management, and continuous improvement of forecasting models and processes.
• Take ultimate accountability for forecast accuracy. Lead initiatives to analyze performance, identify root causes of error, and implement systemic improvements to the forecasting methodology
• Lead the demand review portion of the S&OP process. Summarise and present insightful reports on sales, inventory, and forecast performance to senior leadership to facilitate strategic decision-making.
• Serve as the primary owner and communicator of the demand plan. Ensure the plan and its underlying assumptions are clearly understood, visible, and communicated to all senior stakeholders to drive organizational alignment.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the team. Guide the root cause analysis of major forecast variances and implement strategic corrective actions to improve future outcomes

Requirements:

• Previous and relevant demand planning experience
• Previous experience managing a functional team
• Fully proficient in English
• You are located in London or Amsterdam
• Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis
• Experience with consumer insight analysis and forecasting
• Excellent Excel and G-sheet skills and preferably other big data analysis tools (Python, Tableau etc)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a cross functional team environment

Our values:

• We Win Together
• We Raise the Bar
• We Keep It Simple
• We Build A Legacy
• We Care

What we offer:

• A rare opportunity to work in a social impact company (and certified B Corporation!) where you can see real and tangible impact in your role.
• Working alongside an international community of users, partners and 1,350+ colleagues across 19 countries that are on the same important mission.
• Personal and professional development opportunities in a fast-paced scale-up environment.
• An inclusive company culture where you can bring your authentic self to work
• A strong, values-driven team culture where we celebrate successes and socialise with colleagues that care to offer

How to apply

• We are passionate about recruitment and grateful for your interest! Please carefully read everything written above and check out our website and international media to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.
• Submit your Resume and Cover letter in English.
• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. Resumes and/or Cover Letters will not be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.

Too Good To Go is an equal opportunity employer

Job Ref - #LI-CR1